dink

1 of 4

noun (1)

ˈdiŋk 

: dinghy

dink

2 of 4

noun (2)

: drop shot

dink

3 of 4

noun (3)

slang

: nitwit, jerk, nerd

dink

4 of 4

noun (4)

variants often DINK

: a couple with two incomes and no children

also : a member of such a couple

Synonyms of dink

Noun (3)

• nerd
• geek
• weenie

Examples of dink in a Sentence

Noun (3)

in those days a dink had a better chance of winning the lottery than of dating a cheerleader

Recent Examples on the Web

Noun

Meet the new power couple—but there’s a catch DINKs have long been the couple to envy on paper, with a median household income of $193,900, compared with $151,900 for dual-income couples with kids, per Pew Research Center. — Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2026

The dink-and-dunk offense of the previous two weeks was replaced by an explosive, aggressive first-half operation. — Zac Jackson, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2026

Matthew Robert Cooper’s unnerving ambient score bleeds into the relentless dink-dink-dink of the Jeep’s strobing hazard lights. — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 19 Aug. 2026

Or was the issue simply that dunking on DINKs is a riskier gambit for graduates of Yale Law School than race-baiting? — Matthew Walther, The Atlantic, 20 July 2026

Word History

Etymology

Noun (1)

by shortening & alteration

Noun (2)

dink to hit with a drop shot, probably of imitative origin

Noun (3)

perhaps from dink, disparaging name for a Vietnamese person

Noun (4)

double income, no kids

First Known Use

Noun (1)

1903, in the meaning defined above

Noun (2)

1939, in the meaning defined above

Noun (3)

1974, in the meaning defined above

Noun (4)

1986, in the meaning defined above

Phrases Containing dink

• rinky-dink

Rhymes for dink

• blink
• brink
• chink
• cinque
• clink
• drink
• fink
• hink
• ink
• kink
• klink
• link